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souloftherose: King Solomon's Mines was written as a result of a wager between H. Rider Haggard and his brother on whether he could write a novel half as good as R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. Why not read them both and decide for yourself?
Inky_Fingers: Pirates is not the only thing these two books have in common. They are both incredibly exciting adventures and have wonderfully brave young heroes.
Caramellunacy: Pirates and hijinks on the high seas abound in both - in Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins is brought along on an expedition to find a pirate's buried treasure and faces betrayal and danger from pirates & the crew. In Buccaneers, the crew fears that a castaway they pick up in the middle of the ocean is a Jonah who will betray them to the most vicious pirate on the seas.… (more)
Caramellunacy: In both, the protagonist sets out to sea and must show great courage to rectify a grievous mistake that exposes themselves and the crew to great danger. Both excellent reads for the nautically-minded.
mcenroeucsb: If you have read lots of books about pirates and seen all the pirate movies, you'll probably enjoy Pyrates because it references most of them. If you're not a fanatic about all things pirate, you might want to skip Pyrates and try Fraser's Flashman series instead.… (more)
The story is told from Jim Hawkin's perspective, recalling the accounts of meeting the captain and Long John Silver. The story features plenty of action and adventure, taking place predominantly at sea.
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I wasn't interested in reading this book at all. I am not a big fan of pirates. Then I saw it in a store and I thought of reading it to my children. They were not interested in the slightest bit(2 and 4 years old). I was hooked though. It was an exciting book. I had trouble putting in down. The original is much better, in my opinion, than the movies and cartoons based from it. I will definitely read this to my children when they are a bit older. ( )
The story is told from Jim Hawkin's perspective, recalling the accounts of meeting the captain and Long John Silver. The story features plenty of action and adventure, taking place predominantly at sea.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. ( )
The discovery of a treasure map in Captain Flint's sea chest plunges Jim into a series of adventures as sudden and unexpected as the Captain's arrival at the Admiral Benbow Inn. For Jim, life will never be quite the same again.
Not the best book I've ever read, but I definitely feel more 'clued in' to the world....there are a lot of pop-culture references to Treasure Island. Reasonably engaging, quick read. I'd probably have TRULY enjoyed it were I a young kid and not a jaded middle-aged frumpster! ( )
If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buchaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold exactly in the ancient way, can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today:
-So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave, So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their ceations lie!
DEAD MAN'S GHOST
A thin, high, trembling voice sang:
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
I have never seen men more dreadfully affected than the pirates. The color went from their faces like enchant- ment; some leaped to their feet, some clawed hold cf others. "It's Flint!" cried Merry. rum! last words!" "Darby M'Graw," the voice wailed. "Fetch aft the rum!" "They was his last words!" moaned Morgan. "Flint's Still, Silver was unconquered. "I'm here to get that stuff," he cried, "and I'll not be beat by man or devil." "Belay there, John!" said Merry. "Don't you cross a sperrit." "There's seven hundred thousand pounds not a quarter of a mile from here," Silver said. Sperrit? I never was feared of Flint in his life, and by the powers, I'll face him dead!"
Dedication
To S.L.O. an American gentleman, in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with kindest wishes,
Dedicated by his affectionate friend, THE AUTHOR.
First words
Squire Trelawny, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17--, and go back to the time when my father kept the "Admiral Benbow" inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof.
Quotations
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest--
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!"
"Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
Last words
Oxen and wainropes would not bring me back again to that accursed island; and the worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts, or start upright in bed, with the sharp voice of Captain Flint still ringing in my ears: "Pieces of eight! pieces of eight!"
This is the main work - Stevenson's Treasure Island (unabridged). Please do not combine with omnibus/combined editions, anthologies or abridged editions, nor movie treatments nor audio books (unless, of course, they are complete and unabridged)
ISBN 0192141872 - per WorldCat is for The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig which matches the covers.
When Jim Hawkins finds an old pirate map showing a small island marked with a red cross, he knows that a fortune in gold lies waiting for him. What could be more exciting than buried treasure?
Aboard a ship named the Hispaniola, Jim sails toward Treasure Island. The voyage goes well until Jim overhears a frightening conversation. He learns that the one-legged man who signed on as ship's cook is really the famous pirate Long John Silver. And worse - he discovers that the crew are teaming up with Silver to steal the treasure. Can Jim save the gold ... and save his life?
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